Who We Are
About Us
Who We Are
Established in 1988, ADITHI is a non-profit making women’s organization working for the socio-economic development and empowerment of resource-poor and resource-less women and girl children through awareness generation, leadership development, livelihood and income generating programs and developing replicable models and organizational methods for fostering the same. During its 32+-yr long journey, Adithi has, simultaneously, evolved to address various issues plaguing the society, thus growing to touch a slew of comprehensive set of themes for, practically, every section of the society in a women and girl children-centric way. Headquartered at Patna, Adithi has implemented its one or another activity over more than 8,000 villages of 23 Districts of Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, impacting the lives of approximately, more than 8 million persons.
Vision
ADITHI envisions a society with a participatory culture, where women have rights over their lives, where they enjoy equal participation in decision making and where every woman is treated with dignity and equality.
Mission
ADITHI is set up to enable the empowerment of vulnerable communities through economic and social development focusing on women and girl children to eliminate violence, discrimination and exploitation.
Meet Our Team
Founder
Viji Srinivasan
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Executive Secretary
Asita Maldahiyar
Treasurer and Project Incharge
Manasi Samaddar
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REGISTRATION DETAILS
| REGISTRATION DETAILS | Info |
|---|---|
| Legal status of Organization | Registered under The Societies Registration Act 21 of 1860 |
| Registration number | 51 |
| Date of registration | 11th May, 1988 |
| FCRA registration number | No.:031170047, 1990 Under the FCRA, 1976. |
| FCRA registration date | 27th July, 1990 |
| FCRA registration renewal date | 3rd August, 2016 |
| FCRA registration valid till | 31st October, 2021 |
| NGO Darpan Unique Id | BR/2009/0001063 |
| 12 A registration number | 150/4250-54/ Dated 17 September 1990 |
| 80 G registration number | Letter under IT Act,1961 80G -No- 642-45/ Dated 5 June 2008 |
| PAN | AAATA4025H |
| TAN | PTNA00324C |
Organisational structure
ADITHI has a General Body consisting of seven Founder Members, who are all women, that meets at least twice a year. There is a Governing Body that is responsible for carrying out various activities of the organization. This Committee meets, at least, once in a quarter to take decisions on the organizational matters. The Executive Secretary is the chief functionary of the organisation.
| Ataff Strenght | No. of Persons | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| Full Time | 84 | Female: 89 |
| Part Time | 66 | Male: 61 |
| Total | 150 |
Affiliations
Adithi is affiliated to following networks / forums:
State Level:
- Viswash (Bihar Network on Water, Sanitation & Hygiene)
- Bihar Forces
- SCOVA (Standing Committee on Voluntary Agencies)
- ATSEC (Action Against Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation of Children)
- CBATN (Cross Border Anti Trafficking Network) Bihar State Chapter
- HLN (Human Liberty Network)
- CCHT (Collective Coalition against Human Trafficking)
- Mission DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction)
- Forum of Women Leaders
District level
- District level POSH Committee, Siwan
- District Child protection unit (DCPU) Siwan POSH Committee, Siwan
- District Child protection committee- Siwan & Sitamarhi
- District health society- Sitamarhi
- District Rogi kalyan samittee- Sitamarhi
- District PCPNDT committee- Sitamarhi
- District level AHTU, Sitamarhi, and Siwan
- Block level CWPCs: 2 blocks in Siwan, 2 blocks in Gopalganj, and 2 blocks in Sitamarhi
- 10 Panchayat level CWPCs in Siwan & Gopalganj
- District task force & Dhawa Dal (child labour) Gopalganj & Sitamarhi
- District court- POSH committee - Sitamarhi
- District level Jeevika POSH committee- Sitamarhi
- DLSA disaster committee- Sitamarhi
Acclamations & awards
ADITHI’s work and her impact on the living conditions of deprived women has not gone unnoticed. We are encouraged with following awards and honours.
| Name of the Award | Year | Thematic Area |
|---|---|---|
| National Award for Women's Development through Application of Science & Technology | 2001 | In recognition of the contribution of Viji Srinivasan, the then MD of Adithi, to Empowerment of Women at grassroots level though sustainable SC & tech intervention by Science & Society Division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India |
| The Crusader Trophy as Indira Appreciation Memento 2001 | 2001 | To Late Viji Srinivasan, the then MD of Adithi, by Indira Ghansham Mirchandani Service Centre |
| 3rd Sarda Equal Opportunities Award | 2002 | To Late Viji Srinivasan, the then MD of Adithi, for her outstanding contribution towards the improvement of women and backward classes in Patna (Bihar). |
| National Commission For Women Award | 2002 | To Adithi for outstanding contribution for promoting the cause of women |
| Millennium Roll of Honour | 2002 | By YWCA of India to Late Viji Srinivasan, the then MD of Adithi, in recognition of her outstanding public service and dedication to the ideals of volunteerism |
Working Areas
Geographical areas
- During its organizational history, Adithi has worked, in different periods, in several sets of the following districts:
- Bihar (West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj, Siwan, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Samastipur, Supaul, Katihar, Madhepura, Patna, Jehanabad, Gaya, and Nalanda districts)
- Jharkhand (Sahebganj, Deoghar, Dumka and East Singhbhum districts)
- Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi District)
- For the smooth running of its different programs and projects, Adithi believes in the process of decentralization. As such, besides our head office at Patna, we have got, at present, 7 projects offices spread over different field areas, in close proximities to the projects target areas.
Working Areas
Thematic areas We have, so far, worked in the following thematic areas:
- Sponsorship of Adolescent Girl Children, Child Protection, Health, Innovative Education, Women Development, Water and Sanitation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Watershed Management, Livelihood & Income Generation, Issue Based Activities like Female Infanticide, Feticide, Child Marriage, Women and Children in Difficult Circumstances (Red Light Area), Panchayati Raj, Combating Modern Slavery, Street Vendors, etc.
Our Reach
| S.N. | Name of District | No. of Villages (Rounded off) | Population (Approx.) | Description of Programmes (Past & Present) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muzaffarpur | 1,000 & Urban Areas | 8,00,000 | Child Sponsorship, Health, Education, Livelihood, Flood Disaster Preparedness, Relief & Rehabilitation Programmes, HIV, Kopal Project, RCH, Water & Sanitation, Skill Promotion, Micro Finance, Panchayati Raj training, Combating Trafficking, Migration, Street Vendors |
| 2 | Samastipur | 100 | 1,50,000 | Health, Education, Livelihood, Flood Disaster Preparedness, Relief & Rehabilitation Programmes, HIV, Kopal project |
| 3 | Sitamarhi | 150 | 10,00,000 | Health, Education, Livelihood, Flood Disaster Preparedness, Relief & Rehabilitation Programmes, LWS/HIV, Kopal project, Child Sponsorship, Panchayati Raj training, Combating Trafficking, Combating Modern Forms of Slavery |
| 4 | Sheohar | 207 | 3,00,000 | Combating Female Feticide (Kopal Project) Combating Trafficking, Relief & Rehabilitation and Health Programme |
| 5 | East Champaran | 100 | 2,50,000 | LWS / HIV / AIDS Programme, Combating Female Feticide (WPC) |
| 6 | West Champaran | 1,483 | 3,50,0000 | Combating Female Feticide ( Kopal Project), Water & Sanitation |
| 7 | Gopalganj | 10 | 20,000 | HIV / AIDS Program, Combating Trafficking, Combating Modern Forms of Slavery |
| 8 | Siwan | 10 | 25,000 | HIV / AIDS Program, Combating Trafficking, Combating Modern Forms of Slavery |
| 9 | Vaishali | 200 | 2,50,000 | Combating Female Feticide (Kopal Project), Water & Sanitation Programmes, Livelihood Programmes, Child Sponsorship Programmes |
| 10 | Darbhanga | 250 | 3,00,000 | Combating Female Feticide (Kopal Project), Livelihood Programmes |
| 11 | Madhubani | 90 | 1,50,000 | Livelihood Programme (Fisheries, Health, Micro Finance), RCH Programmes, Panchayati Raj Training, Migration |
| 12 | Supaul | 30 Relief Camps | 1,50,000 | Flood Relief & Rehabilitation Programme |
| 13 | Katihar | 150 | 2,00,000 | Livelihood, RCH Programme, Kopal Project |
| 14 | Patna | 200 Villages & Urban Areas | 4,00,000 (Rural) 5,00,000 (Urban) | Health, Livelihood, Skill Promotion, Education, RCH Programme, Combating Female Feticide, Child Marriage Prevention, Water & Sanitation |
| 15 | Nalanda | 150 | 2,00,000 | Indigenous Tourism Development, Livelihood, Kopal Project |
| 16 | Jahanabad | 200 | 2,50,000 | Livelihood Promotion, RCH Programme, Health, Child Marriage Prevention, Kopal Project, Female Feticide |
| 17 | Gaya | 70 | 1,00,000 | Livelihood, RCH Programmes Skill Promotion |
| 18 | Rohtas | 100 | 150000 | Livelihood, RCH Program, HIV AIDS, Combating Female Feticide |
| 19 | Dumka | 2,572 | 11,00,000 | Education, Health, Livelihood, Water shed Management, IGNOU Centre, Tribal Women’s Land Rights, Skill Development, Tree Plantation, Water & Sanitation, Child Marriage Prevention |
| 20 | Deoghar | 30 | 20,000 | Education, Livelihood & Tree Plantation |
| 21 | Sahebganj | 1,266 | 10,00,000 | Livelihood, Education & Tree Plantation, Women’s Land Rights, Water & Sanitation |
| 22 | East Singhbhum | Jamshedpur Municipal Area | 12,000 | Street Vendors |
| 23 | Varanasi | Varanasi Municipal Area | 25,000 | Street Vendors |
| Total | 23 Districts | 8018 villages & Urban Areas | 8 million (approx) |